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Selasa, 17 Juni 2014

Miku voices in your "Pocket"!

"Pocket Miku" is a gadget with simplified
version of Hatsune Miku software released by Japanese science magazine.
Here is an English review from our good friend Fumi. (She was a speaker
at Snow Miku festival 2012)
Pocket Miku (NSX-39) is a simplified version of Hatsune Miku for
computers, it includes library developed by Crypton Future Media for
NSX-1 based on the vocal library of Japanese Hatsune Miku. It is
released under Gakken's "Otona no Kagaku" series, which is a popular Japanese science magazine.

Basic modes

You can use the keyboard to make Miku sing in 3 different modes:

1) do-re-mi mode with scales (default)

2) a-i-u-e-o mode with vowels (shift + vibrato button)

3) preset mode with 5 lyrics (shift + aiueo buttons)

Buttons

The device has a keyboard and 9 buttons.

1-5: a-i-u-e-o (vowels)

6: vibrato

7: shift

8: volume up

9: volume down

7+1-5: preset mode (lyrics)

7+6: do-re-mi mode (scale) <-> a-i-u-e-o mode (vowels)

7+8: octave up

7+9: octave down

6+8+keyboard: pitch bend (half note up)

6+9+keyboard: pitch bend (half note down)

Keyboard

Lower part of the keyboard has the
scale for chromatic keyboard, and upper part of the keyboard has ribbon
for portamento keyboard. You can play music using the stylus.